From Afghan warlord to vice-president: Fahim dies in Kabul

Kabul: Afghan Vice-President MarshalMohammad Qasim Fahim, formerly one of the country's most feared warlords, died of natural causes on Sunday after a turbulent life that reflected the country's recent past. Fahim, a leader of the Tajik...

"With extreme sorrow, Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, the first vice-president of Afghanistan, passed away due to an illness,"

New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari will represent India at the funeral of Afghanistan's first vice president Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim in Kabul Tuesday, official sources said. They said Ansari will take part in the prayer...

KABUL, Afghanistan – Thousands of Afghans waving flags and chanting crowded into a cemetery in Kabul on Tuesday after President Hamid Karzai presided over a funeral service for the country's powerful vice president. Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who died on Sunday at 57, was an ethnic Tajik and a leading commander in the Northern Alliance, which battled the Taliban for...

Afghanistan’s First Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a controversial leader, died of an undisclosed illness on Sunday. He was 57, according to the Associated Press. Fahim, who served for decades in various military and political positions during the war against the ex-Soviet occupiers, the civil conflict and later in the fight against the Taliban, suffered for years from...

(CNN) -- Afghanistan will begin three days of mourning starting Monday for the death of Mohammad Qasim Fahim, an important figure in the country and most recently its first vice president. President Hamid Karzai's office announced Fahim's death in a statement Sunday on its website. The statement did not say where or exactly when he died. "May his soul rest in peace," the office...

Negotiations are in progress to elect the successor of late Afghan vice president Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim. According to reports, talks between Afghan president Hamid Karzai and his advisors along with a number of Mujahideen leaders are in progress to appoint the successor Marshal Fahim. Ata Mohammad Noor governor of northern Balkh province, Afghan parliament member Younus...

Afghan vice-president Mohammad Qasim Fahim dies"

published:09 Mar 2014

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Afghan vice-president Mohammad Qasim Fahim dies"

The Afghan government has called for three days of mourning, during which flags will be flown at half-mast.
Marshal Fahim was a leader of the Tajik ethnic minority and a former warlord.
He was part ...

Afghanistan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim Dies Terrorism 2014

published:09 Mar 2014

Afghanistan Vice President Mohammad

Afghanistan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim Dies Terrorism 2014

One of Afghanistan's two vice-presidents, Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, has died of natural causes aged 57, a government spokesman has said.
The Afghan government has called for three days of mournin...

Fahim was born in Omarz, Panjshir the son of Abdul Matin from the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan. He is reported to have finished his studies in Islamic Sharia at an Arabic institute in Kabul in 1977. Some sources have allegedly claimed that Fahim served as a member of the KHAD during the 1980s, although the most reports indicate that he has been fighting the communist rulers since the late 70s. When the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul collapesed in 1992, Fahim was appointed head of the KHAD, under interim president Sibghatullah Mojaddedi. He continued to serve as the countries head of intelligence under president Burhanuddin Rabbani. (Bhatia, 2007; Brown & Oliver, 2001)

Afghan vice-president Mohammad Qasim Fahim dies"

The Afghan government has called for three days of mourning, during which flags will be flown at half-mast.
Marshal Fahim was a leader of the Tajik ethnic minority and a former warlord.
He was part of the alliance that ousted the Taliban in 2001 and served first as defence minister, before becoming vice-president in 2009.
President Hamid Karzai's office told the Associated Press news agency that Marshal Fahim died from an illness.

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